[Fictionary] djent and amberat, results

Sun Sep 25 10:55:43 EDT 2016

Thanks, Linda. I know Eric and Elliott from their youths. It's a pleasure
to meet the rest of y'all.
Helen

On Sun, Sep 25, 2016 at 10:24 AM, lindafowens at netzero.net <
lindafowens at netzero.net> wrote:

> Welcome, Helen!   The real name of the wax-dripping tool is djanting. I
> have several.  I used to make, teach, and sell batik.  The Indonesians are
> famous for theirs, which is usually produced using wax-dipped wood block
> carvings.  They put the wax on from both sides of the cloth. I was a lot
> more flamboyant in my designs, but many of them resembled medieval scenes,
> as we were into SCA with our kids back then--yikes! starting in the late
> 70's--and I made some banners.  Batik was a medieval craft during the
> middle ages in Indonesia, but also a similar technique of wax resist was
> used to decorate etched armor in Europe, and for pysanky eggs in Poland and
> Russia.  As for pathogens associated with health, I read recently that
> probiotics were invented during some war--WWI or WWII? when some wounded
> men suffered from severe diarrhea and were only helped from--yuk!--enemas
> of feces from healthy wounded guys.  I'm sure the probiotics I sometimes
> use presently in tea or capsules are sterilized in some way.  LInda
>
>
> ---------- Original Message ----------
> From: fictioneric at inbox.com
> To: fictionary at swarpa.net
> Subject: [Fictionary] djent and amberat, results
> Date: Sat, 24 Sep 2016 18:42:19 -0400
>
> Sorry I have been so slow.
>
> Nicolas is our winner, with eight points total across two definitions
> and a correct vote for amberat!  Welcome, also, to new player Helen,
> who came in second with her well-beloved ice-moving tool.
>
>
> The real definitions:
>
> djent, n. In music, a subgenre of prog-metal characterized by use of
> high-gain, palm-muted, low-pitch guitar sounds, and low-tuned,
> open-note, syncopated riffing,
>
> It's onomatopoeic, and, yes, it is a thing:
>
> http://got-djent.com/faq#t1100n1922
> https://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/mar/03/djent-metal-geeks
>
> Credit to Linda who pegged this as the real def.
>
>
> amberat, n. A hard, resinous, substance composed of dessicated rat urine.
>
> It is absolutely "amber" + "rat" because whoever named it was
> incredible. I am thrilled that this exists -- apparently, packrats
> will use the same den continually for tens of thousands of years. In
> the arid US Southwest this can result in amberat deposits inches or
> feet thick.
>
> http://www.geo.arizona.edu/palynology/geos462/packratpsm.gif
> http://eekosphere.net/?q=2013/04/28/amberat
> http://sbsc.wr.usgs.gov/cprs/research/projects/global_change/middens.asp
> http://plantsandrocks.blogspot.com/2013/05/the-record-keeper.html
>
> Nature is weird. Also, Nicolas got this one right.
>
>
>
> Linda:
> -----
>
> djent, n. A wax-dripping tool used in Indonesian batik and now
>     used by batik artists everywhere.
> 2 Helen, 2 David, 1 Pierre
>
> amberat, n. A dye made from crushed amber, with a seaweed
>     fixative.
>
> Elliott: AMBER
>
> Plus one point for a correct vote for djent, total of 6.
>
>
> David
> -----
>
> djent, n. A sophisticated djinn.
>
> Pierre: A meta-meta-meta-djinn? "Every djinn has a meta (which is
> also a djinn)."
> Elliott: Funny!  But not true.
>
> amberat, n. To be and not to be; applied to subatomic particles.
> 1 Elliott
>
> Nicolas: Shakespeare's Cat?
> Elliott: AMBI + ERAT.  This one is also funny.  One point.
>
> Total of 1.
>
>
> Nicolas
> -------
>
> djent, n. Uncomfortable seating, from Amharic.
> 1 Ranjit 2 Elliott
>
> Elliott: Plausible, and it would be funny if true.  Two points.
> Pierre: This is teffinitely not the sort of word that English would
> borrow from Amharic.
>
> amberat, adj. Located within walking distance.
> 2 Ranjit, 1 Helen
>
> Elliott: AMBIT.  Everything should be amberat in this sense.
>
> Plus two points for getting amberat right, total of 8.
>
>
> Ranjit
> ------
>
> djent, n. A light breakfast, usually toasted bread with a savory
>     spread.
> 2 Fran
>
> amberat, n. A sour-sweet mango chutney.
> 1 Fran
>
> Elliott: Color of AMBER?
>
> Total of 3
>
>
> Pierre
> ------
>
> djent, n. A funerary urn used during the Middle Kingdom in Egypt.
> 1 Nicolas
>
> Nicolas: 1 point, though I'm fairly sure I've heard another word for
> this it sounds plausible.
>
> amberat, n. A messenger who rode a circuit in the Roman Empire.
>
> Elliott: AMBIT + ERAT?
>
> Total of 1
>
>
> Jean-Joseph
> -----------
>
> djent, n. A tool for removing a pear from a bottle of brandy.
>
> amberat, n. A sweet, syrupy liqueur produced from a pear that has
>     been soaked in brandy.
>
> Pierre: AMBRETTE. All such defs will be peared away.
> Elliott: Shoot, what's a liqueur?  I know they can be sweet and
> syrupy, but do you make them by soaking something in actual liquor?
> No idea.
>
> Total of 0
>
>
> Helen
> -----
>
> djent, v. To brag, especially with regard to strength or skill in
>     sports.
>
> amberat, n. A tool for lifting and transporting blocks of ice
>     harvested from a lake or river.
> 1 David, 2 Linda, 2 Jean-Joseph, 2 Pierre
>
> Jean-Joseph: I've seen some museum exhibits about this, and there is
> a word for this, but I don't think it's amberat.  Two points anyway.
> Elliott: Oooh!  Interesting.  They used to do that in the old days; I
> remember hearing that ice from Spy Pond was even exported to
> Argentina when it was summer there.  But would the same tool be used
> for both lifting and transporting?
> Linda: . . . and two points to the ice-cutting tools, in memory of my
> great-grandfather who had an ice business.
>
> Total of 7
>
>
> Fran
> ----
>
> djent, n. A leaf-shaped shield made of layers of thick leather
>     over a rib-bone frame.
> 1 Jean-Joseph
>
> Elliott: Rib bone of what species?  Something sturdy, I hope.  Mammoths?
>
> amberat, n. An early synthetic resin meant to imitate amber.
>     Commercial success was prevented by its very low melting
>     temperature.
>
> Elliott: AMBER
>
> Total of 1
>
>
> Elliott
> -------
>
> djent, n. A trained python used to clear a jam in a pneumatic-
>     mail system.
>
> Jean-Joseph: Excellent.
>
> amberat, n. A trained mongoose used to remove pythons from a
>     pneumatic-mail system.
>
> Jean-Joseph: And the perfect follow-up.
> Pierre: A de-obstructor constrictor destructor.
> Nicolas: With what do you remove the mongoose?
> Elliott: Ferrets would have been of a more plausible caliber, but
> that sounded too much like RAT.
>
> Total of 0
>
>
> Djent comments:
>
> Fran: None of these look real.
> Linda: The mango chutney sounds yummy as does the pear in the liqueur
> bottle, but I must give one vote for the musical djent with its
> myriad descriptions, in honor of my nephew the Heavy Metal musician.
> (Eric says: good call!))
> Nicolas: I don't know what those details mean but it sounds like I'd
> like it? (Eric says: be sure to report back and tell us whether you
> did.)
>
> Amberat comments:
>
> Fran: All of these also look like fake definitions, though I loved
> the mongoose.
> Nicolas: 2 points. Too gross to not be real?
> Elliott: AMBER + RAT
>
>
> Take it away Nicolas!
>
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